The Sun's confused views on politics, as applied to the wobbly

The Sun (and everyone else) has an article on the lovely Chawner family, who are really fat, and refuse to get jobs (or, as they claim, can't, due to fatness; this is doubtful, as plenty of fat people have jobs); they also refuse to exercise or eat less, and object to pears.

So far, so boring. Apparently, 2,000 people in the UK are paid a disability thing due to being too fat to work. The Sun, though, takes an interesting tack; the 11 years that they haven't worked coincide with the Labour government. The Sun thinks that this is highly significant. Presumably Maggie, while certainly paying welfare, had all the fat people rendered for use in margarine.

This is perhaps bad timing. It came into the public eye due to one of the daughters going on X Factor and being made fun of by X Factor presenters, and also when the government faces a vast deficit. So, the disability will look like an ideal target for cuts. Through her foolish singing on a boring television programme, Samantha Chawner has doomed thousands of fat people to penury. Or, erm, getting the same social welfare as unemployed people of less ample girth.